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GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

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Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:44 am

by Algot Runeman

beleaguer

Pronunciation: /bɪˈliːɡə/verb[with object] (usually as adjective beleaguered)1 Lay siege to: he led a relief force to the aid of the beleaguered city1.1 Put in a very difficult situation: the board is supporting the beleaguered director

The team's performance has been slipping and the fans are grumbling, loudly. The beleaguered owners are just about ready to bring up some B leaguers to replace the worst players.

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:52 am

by Algot Runeman

skint

Pronunciation: /skɪnt/adjectiveBritish informal(Of a person) having little or no money available: I’m a bit skint just now

Origin1920s: variant of colloquial skinned, in the same sense, past participle of skin.

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There is scant chance I'll gorge today.Too skint to buy a meal, OK?Worry not, I'll eat, not starve.I'll put the touch on good old Harve.

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 7:52 am

by Algot Runeman

parol

Pronunciation: /pəˈrəʊl//ˈpar(ə)l/adjectiveLaw1 Given or expressed orally: the parol evidence1.1 (Of a document) agreed orally, or in writing but not under seal: there was a parol agreement

OriginLate 15th century (as a noun): from Old French parole 'word' (see parole).

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The officers were allowed to walk freely around the town. The parol agreement with their captors meant they would not try to escape. The ordinary sailors were not gentlemen and so could not be granted the same parole opportunity. A gentleman can give his word to another and will be expected to honor the agreement.

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 7:02 am

by Algot Runeman

compendious

Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɛndɪəs/adjectiveformalContaining or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way: a compendious study

Nothing, indeed, can be more compendious, concise while being still comprehensive, than the answer42 to every question !

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 8:14 am

by Algot Runeman

emotive

Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊtɪv/adjective1 Arousing or able to arouse intense feeling: animal experimentation is an emotive subject the issue has proved highly emotive1.1 Expressing a person’s feelings rather than being neutrally descriptive: the comparisons are emotive rather than analytic

UsageThe words emotive and emotional share similarities but are not simply interchangeable. Emotive is used to mean ‘arousing intense feeling’, while emotional tends to mean ‘characterized by intense feeling’. Thus an emotive issue is one which is likely to arouse people’s passions, while an emotional response is one which is itself full of passion. In sentences such as we took our emotive farewells the word emotive has been used in a context where emotional would be more appropriate.

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

While my grandma could induce highly emotive reactions in most men, it was only grandpa she was drawn to, because he unrelentingly showed her abundant adoring, passionate and emotional response.

When the two were together, all rational considerations went overboard, though always within discrete boundaries, i.e. only in the privacy of their home, hotel room, ship's stateroom or shabby tent, never in public.

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:36 am

by Algot Runeman

inculcate

Pronunciation: /ˈɪnkʌlkeɪt/verb[with object]1 Instil (an idea, attitude, or habit) by persistent instruction: I tried to inculcate in my pupils an attitude of enquiry1.1 Teach (someone) an attitude, idea, or habit by persistent instruction: they will try to inculcate you with a respect for culture

Mosses are my favorite cespitose plants. Moss fills in gaps in rock walls, makes mats on trees and forest floors that look comfortable to sit on. It gets even more interesting when you get a magnified look at it. A large mat is made of hundreds or thousands of tiny individual plants.

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:08 am

by Algot Runeman

resplendent

Pronunciation: /rɪˈsplɛnd(ə)nt/adjectiveAttractive and impressive through being richly colourful or sumptuous: she was resplendent in a sea-green dress

Each spring the majestic oak made a mess of the front lawn, dropping its flower parts before the green leaves were fully out. All summer, though, the family enjoyed sipping tea in its arboreal shade. That is, until those pesky gypsy moth larvae came through, showering their droppings onto the lawn chairs and making tea unsafe to drink. There wasn't much shade then, either.

Lymantria dispar dispar has been a significant problem in Massachusetts in the past. Some summers looked more like winter with leafless trees all over.

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 9:14 am

by E Pericoloso Sporgersi

Algot Runeman wrote:arboreal

Would the students of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor nickname themselves arboreals ?

(These are students dentistry practicing on so-called phantom heads.)

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:19 am

by Algot Runeman

EPS wrote:(These are students dentistry practicing on so-called phantom heads.)

I see the head. I don't see the body. Wouldn't that be the phantom part?

Keeping with the arboreal connection, the phantom body is standing under some kind of tree, though not an oak.

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:49 am

by Algot Runeman

gossoon

Pronunciation: /ɡɒˈsuːn/nounIrishA lad.

OriginLate 17th century: from French garçon 'boy'.

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The gossoon stood casually at the street corner. He was watching all the lasses passing by on the way to their school. Some few glanced back through their lashes as he boldly stared. He went no closer to the school knowing a nun would come out with her switch to chase him off.

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:35 am

by E Pericoloso Sporgersi

Algot Runeman wrote:gossoon...He went no closer to the school knowing a nun would come out with her switch to chase him off.

And he knew he'd have to go soon for an equally urgent reason.

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:01 am

by Algot Runeman

shotta

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License n. An armed gangster.Examples But to the uniformed men and women who crowded her living room, the lanky 29-year-old with a limp had the look of a gunman -- "a shotta," one of them told her. Madeleine Bair: Casualties on the Battlefield of the "War on Drugs"

Dennis is a shotta, or drug dealer, partnered with his best friend Noel, whose vibrant dialogue shows unyielding allegiance to his friend and the Brixton streets.

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:27 am

by E Pericoloso Sporgersi

Algot Runeman wrote:shotta

The dusty gray-bearded prospector limped up to the uncrowded end of the saloon's long bar, raised a grimy index finger and waited patiently for the busy bartender to notice him.

Finally the barkeep came over and asked him:"Howdy old-timer, welcome. Whadda ye want? A shotta hooch?"

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 7:46 am

by Algot Runeman

idyll

Pronunciation: /ˈɪdɪl/noun1 An extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque period or situation, typically an idealized or unsustainable one: the rural idyll remains strongly evocative in most industrialized society1.1 A short description in verse or prose of a picturesque scene or incident, especially in rustic life.

No smelly smoke, no noxious smog.Turtles watch from the log.An electric car at idleOn the lane, an idyll.

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2015 9:48 pm

by voralfred

That one is easy !

If a relationship could only be described as an idyll, it certainly must be that of EPS's Grandpa and Grandma (and her furs....)

Re: GAME: Word of the Day (WOTD)

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:27 am

by Algot Runeman

crinkle

Pronunciation: /ˈkrɪŋk(ə)l/verbForm into small surface creases or wrinkles: [no object]: Rose’s face crinkled in bewilderment [with object]: he smiled boyishly, crinkling his eyes (as adjective crinkled) a skirt in crinkled fabricnounA wrinkle or crease on the surface of something: there was a crinkle of suspicion on her forehead

OriginLate Middle English: related to Old English crincan (see cringe)

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His little bell did tinkle.The paper, he did crinkle.His shower, it did sprinkle.His skin, then did wrinkle.